Lions Club President Elaine Bower was busy handing out ears of corn to the hungry crowds that showed up the past weekend for the group's 47th Annual Seafood Festival.

Blessing the event that celebrates the islands rich variety of seafood was a bright sun, a mild breeze and crowds that came from as fsr away as The Villages and Orlando. While most visitors were from the North Central Florida area, they turned out to see a comunity that has worked hard to recover from Hurricane Hermine.

The Blood Drive is coming to Cedar Key and it’s looking for your donations on Friday.

Anyone can donate as long as you're 17 and older (16 with parental consent), weigh at least 110 pounds, and have a photo ID. Every donor will receive a recognition item and a complimentary cholesterol screening. Student donors can also receive community service credit.

The bloodmobile will be at Cedar Key School from 9 a.m. until noon, then at City Hall from

The deadline to register to vote is Tuesday, Oct. 18, at the Supervisor of Elections Office at 421 S Court. St., in Bronson.

The office will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

The original deadline to register was one week ago, Oct. 11, and Supervisor Tammy Jones had extended hours that day to accommodate those who work out of the county, but she will not be doing it on Tuesday due to last week's low response.

The disaster recovery center in Cedar Key for Hurricane Hermine survivors that is located at the Cedar Key Fire Rescue station 489 First Ave., will be closed on Saturday, Oct. 15, due to the annual Cedar Key Seafood Festival.

The other center for Levy County, located at Inglis Town Hall 135 Highway 40 West, will be open on Saturday.

The first meeting of the Cedar Key Woman’s Club’s 2016-2017 service season started off with a bang! Leading the charge was First Vice-President Eileen Senecal, standing in for President Jane Moore and heading up a new roster of Woman’s Club officers.

The Beat The Heat fundraiser on Friday, Sept. the 30th was a big success; it made around $280. The proceeds went to ELP, the softball teams, and the senior class.

To participate, students could either by a popsicle for $1 or buy a popsicle and a water balloon for $5. Students would later throw the water balloon at one of two designated targets, Tevin Mills for elementary students, and Kim Bishop for middle school students.

Hurricane Hermine cannot stop a determined Cedar Key Lions Club, so just over a month since the storm sent water flooding over the island the Lions are prepared to welcome their usual crowds for the club's 47th Annual Seafood Festival.

The festival is Saturday, Oct. 15, and Sunday, Oct. 16 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. There will be booths with seafood that support the island's non-profit groups, free music in the City Park.

Levy County has been dropped from a Tropical Storm Warning to Watch status as of 11:26 Friday morning, good news for residents fearing the effects of Hurricane Matthew as he headed up the East Coast of Florida.

But, while the news is good, Levy County Emergency Management officials are asking residents to remain indoors due to the effects of the wind and rain, which can cause damage to power lines and trees.

The reason for the downgrade is a combination ot two moves by Hurricane Matthew in the last 24 hours:

Levy County Emergency Management is reminding all residents to be sure that they are prepared for the effects of Hurricane Matthew as it travels up Florida's Atlantic Coast.

But that could be difficult as gas stations in Williston and Bronson were reported to be out of fuel by 4 p.m. Thursday and Chiefland was being surveyed for supplies by emergency management officials. Trucks to refuel the stations are expected to deliver soon.